Maybe the Jets need to petition the NFL to not have any more prime-time games at MetLife Stadium.

Two years after the Thanksgiving night massacre, the Jets again looked not ready for prime time on Monday night in a 27-19 loss to the Bears.

The Jets made a ton of mistakes, including three turnovers, dropped passes, a dropped interception, went 1-for-6 in the red zone and had a blown coverage for a touchdown. Yet they still had a chance to tie the game in the final two minutes.

“We had chances to win, but we also made a lot of mistakes,” linebacker Calvin Pace said. “That’s what happens.”

It started with an interception for a touchdown thrown by Geno Smith just 32 seconds into the game, the first of his two interceptions. Add in the other miscues by the Jets and throw in some dismal play-calling from offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg and you had the ingredients for a messy loss that drops the Jets to 1-2.

“Being the quarterback of this team, I’ve got to do a better job to give us a chance to win games,” Smith said.

Smith looked like the turnover-prone quarterback Jets fans came to know last year. Despite completing 26-of-43 passes for 316 yards, Smith’s two interceptions made his night a bad one.

Bears safety Ryan Mundy returned a terrible throw 45 yards for a score before most Jets fans even got to their seats. Before they knew it, the Jets were down 14-0. They rallied to cut the score to 17-13 by halftime, but never took the lead.

“We’re down 14-0 before you could do anything,” coach Rex Ryan said. “That put us behind, obviously. It’s a hole we couldn’t dig ourselves out of it.”

The Jets mounted a drive in the final minutes of the game, with the big play coming on a 51-yard pass from Smith to Greg Salas. The Jets made it to the Bears’ 9-yard line, but the drive stalled. Smith threw to Jeremy Kerley on fourth down with 58 seconds left, but Kerley caught it out of bounds over Brock Vereen.

This was the first home game for the Jets in prime time since the “butt-fumble” loss to the Patriots in 2012. It was a little better Monday night, but not by much.

The Bears grabbed control of the game on the first drive of the second half, marching 80 yards on six plays as the Jets appeared to have left their game in the locker room. Jay Cutler picked on cornerback Antonio Allen, hitting receiver Alshon Jeffery for a 42-yard pass over Allen. He went Allen’s way again for a 12-yard touchdown to Brandon Marshall that was wiped out by a penalty. Cutler found tight end Martellus Bennett for a 13-yard touchdown, though, on a busted coverage by the Jets. It was the ex-Giant’s second touchdown of the night and put the Bears up 24-13.

Smith threw his second interception with 5:10 left in the third quarter, a brutal throw into the end zone that Bears rookie Kyle Fuller picked off in front of David Nelson. Allen missed a sure interception on the Bears’ ensuing drive, with the ball hitting his hands.

“I wish I could have that moment back, my man,” Allen said. “I looked it in, but I guess I didn’t look it in good enough.”

The Jets marched down to the 2-yard line at the end of the third quarter, but could not put the ball into the end zone. Mornhinweg called a quarterback draw that failed. Nick Folk kicked a 22-yard field goal to make it 24-16. He added his fourth field goal of the game with 9:52 left to play to cut Chicago’s led to 24-19.

The referees cost the Jets just before halftime. Linebacker David Harris blitzed Cutler and sacked him. The ball came out, but the refs whistled the play dead. Fellow linebacker Demario Davis had scooped up the ball and would have had a clear path to the end zone. The refs ended up overturning the call and ruling it a fumble, but since the whistle blew, the Jets did not get the touchdown. Instead they got the ball at the Bears’ 46 and went three-and-out.

That play, along with a questionable pass interference call on Darrin Walls, had the Jets complaining about the officiating.

“What else is new?” Harris said of the refs. “It seems like we’re playing against two teams out there sometimes.”

The Jets had 414 yards of offense to the Bears’ 257, but it did not matter because of the mistakes. The Jets sacked Cutler four times, but he made throws when he had to. The Bears converted 7-of-15 third downs. Jeffery had 105 yards on eight catches. Brandon Marshall battled an ankle injury and finished with just one catch for 6 yards.

The Jets now face the 2-1 Lions on Sunday at MetLife Stadium. They are 0-2 in their run of six strong quarterbacks with Matthew Stafford coming next.

“We know we can play with anybody in this league,” Ryan said. “We just have to find ways to win against good teams. That’s a hell of a lot easier said than done.”